Yea...because Israel is the one saying other countries need to be wiped off the map.
I am not saying Israel is totally innocent when it comes to things that happen in the Middle East, but I think I would trust the Israelis with nuclear weapons long before the Iranians. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > CIA Believed...LOL...we gave them to Israel. > > If Iran has them, at least there will be a power there to keep Israel in > check. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 08:08 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: here comes a nuclear Iran > > > "I would like to think Iran would not use a nuclear weapon against Israel > (or any other country)." > > Maybe the biggest and only deterrent: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option > > Excerpt: > The Samson Option is a term used to describe Israel's alleged deterrence > strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" > against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence, and possibly > against other targets as well. Israel refuses to admit it has nuclear > weapons or to describe how it would use them, an official policy of nuclear > ambiguity, also known as "nuclear opacity." This has made it difficult for > anyone outside the Israeli government to definitively describe its true > nuclear policy, while still allowing Israel to influence the perceptions, > strategies and actions of other governments. > > As early as 1976, the CIA believed that Israel possessed 10 to 20 nuclear > weapons. By 2002 it was estimated that the number had increased to between > 75 and 200 thermonuclear weapons, each in the multiple-megaton range. > Kenneth S. Brower has estimated as many as 400 nuclear weapons. These can be > launched from land, sea and air. This gives Israel a second strike option > even if much of the country is destroyed. > > > > If the Samson Option does exist and a nuclear incident happens in Israel, > via traditional methods or terrorist attack, Israel will probably rain > nuclear fire down on every capital and holy site in the Middle East. > > J > > - > We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent > before and it does not work. I say after eight years of this Administration > we have just as much unemployment as when we started. . And an enormous debt > to boot! - Henry Morgenth > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338755 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
